The Effect of Using the Six Thinking Hats Method
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- Category: English Language and Literature
- Published: Monday, 09 April 2012 03:00
- Written by Nayfeh Salem Al-Tarawneh
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Abstract
The Effect of Using the Six Thinking Hats Method on the Development of EFL Female Eleventh Grade
Students' Writing Skill in Southern Al- Mazar Directorate of Education
Nayfeh Salem Al-Tarawneh
Mu'tah University, 2011
This study aimed at investigating the effect of using the six thinking hats method on the development of EFL female eleventh grade students' writing skill in Al- Mazar directorate of education during the academic year 2010/2011. Also it aimed to investigate if there was an effect for using this method due to the student's level in English Language (high, intermediate and low).
This study tried to answer the following questions:
- Is there an effect of using six thinking hats method on the development of EFL eleventh grade female students' writing skill?
- Is there an effect of using six thinking hats method on the development of the EFL female eleventh grade students' writing skill due to the levels of students in the writing skill?
T h e sample of the study consisted of (50) female eleventh grade students from Mu'tah Secondary School for Girls which was selected purposefully and assigned randomly into two groups; an experimental group of (24) students and a control group of (26) students.
To answer the questions of the study, two topics were chosen from the eleventh grade textbook. After analyzing the content of the instructional material, the lesson plans were prepared. The instrument of the study was designed according to the characteristics of the six thinking hats, and then it was assessed for validity and reliability.
To guarantee the equivalence of the two groups, the researcher administrated a writing ability pre-test, and then the experimental group was taught using the six thinking hats, whereas the control group was taught according to the conventional method.
Descriptive statistics, One Way ANOVA and Scheffe for Multiple comparisons were used to analyze the results of the study.
The findings of the study indicated that there were statistically significant differences at (